The big thing I have against Zip Drives is the click of death. They
seem to have such a high failure rate and given that so many
people have experienced it, there is actually web sites dedicated to
that fact !! LS-120's are built into many machines as well, but yes
the ZIP drives has a bigger market share.

> The LS-120 is indeed an MO drive. Its main claim to fame is that the drive
> will accept the standard 1.44M floppy as well as the LS-120. At first, I
> thought that the LS-120 was the way to go, but after seeing many ZIP drives
> get installed in various computers I run into, I think that the ZIP has a
> stronger grasp on this market. The need for a 1.44M floppy is getting less
> important as it goes the way of the 5 1/4 format. It would seem that the
> CD-ROM is becoming the distribution standard.
>
> One objection to the LS-120 is the high cost of the media. Although ZIP
> media also is expensive, it is cheaper than the LS-120. The data transfer
> rate for ZIP is also better than the LS-120.
>


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